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In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, July 29, 2011 9:38 - 40 Comments
In Theory Bakhtin: Dialogism, Polyphony and Heteroglossia
In the latest addition to his A-Z of Theory series, political theorist Andrew Robinson introduces, in a two-part essay, the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, one of the most important theorists of discourse in the twentieth century. In part one, Robinson introduces Bakhtin's notions of Dialogism, Polyphony and Heteroglossia.
Beautiful Transgressions, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, July 26, 2011 10:09 - 0 Comments
Beautiful Transgressions For the Love of Heretics
"It remains easy to find the great leader able to rouse the masses with his beautiful speeches... yet beats his wife when he arrived home". In her new column, Sara Motta further explores the case for why politicising the personal is urgent and necessary.
New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, July 23, 2011 0:00 - 3 Comments
Palestine is Still the Issue Why Britain should thank Sheikh Raed Salah
By challenging the government’s attempt to deport him from Britain Sheikh Raed Salah is doing us a favour, argues Asa Winstanley
New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, July 9, 2011 17:59 - 1 Comment
Palestine is Still the Issue The Freedom Flotilla, Raed Salah, and Israel’s myth of invincibility
Despite Israel's posing as the region's strongman, its attempts to crush simple acts of Palestinian civil resistance and international solidarity demonstrate how weak and morally bankrupt it really is, argues Asa Winstanley.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, July 8, 2011 9:00 - 3 Comments
In Theory Bakunin: the Urge to Resist
In the last of his series on Mikhail Bakunin, political theorist Andrew Robinson presents his critical assessment of Bakunin's ideas and his legacy.
Beautiful Transgressions, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, July 5, 2011 7:56 - 0 Comments
Beautiful Transgressions Popular education as a living project
In her new column, Sara Motta explores the remarkable work of La Máscara Theatre company – the only feminist theatre group in Colombia, and reflects on how its methods can be used in popular education for the building of global movements of resistance.
New in Ceasefire, The Anti-Imperialist - Sunday, July 3, 2011 9:00 - 0 Comments
The Anti Imperialist Migrant Solidarity, Global Resistance
We live in a Western media-political climate that persistently demonises and victimises foreigners, while underplaying the role of European colonialism. In such a context, solidarity with migrants is not only morally imperative, argues Adam Elliott Cooper, but is a critical focal point in the global fight against Imperialism.
Arts & Culture, Deserter's Songs, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, July 2, 2011 9:00 - 0 Comments
Deserter’s Songs I Hear That Train A-Comin’
"There's a long history of trains in popular music. They've represented freedom, inspired dances, carried loved ones away and heralded utopian futures." Dave Bell offers a selection of the different ways in which the sounds of trains have been used in music and considers what this might be able to tell us about the way we engage with sound and each other.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, July 1, 2011 9:00 - 4 Comments
In Theory Bakunin vs Marx
In the second of his three essays on Mikhail Bakunin, political theorist Andrew Robinson addresses Bakunin's intellectual clash with Karl Marx, notably their different conceptions of freedom and revolution.
New in Ceasefire, Passing for Normal - Sunday, June 26, 2011 2:05 - 0 Comments
Passing for Normal The roadside grotto
One day, Dave Prescott was driving along in his car, late for something really important, "when I saw one of these signs and it made me stop and perform a dangerous U-turn. Under normal circumstances I would have driven past, confident in the fact that I already had eggs, for example, or didn’t need runner beans. But this time the sign offered more."
